Yes, I participated in the rally and the march today in St. Paul. And no I am not an anarchist. How could I be, I am way too much of a capitalist. But I would like it known that regardless of what the media says, not all those who participated are anarchist. Others who are not anarchists have ideas too. Regardless, I am really happy about participating today, and I am really happy to share my experience.

@ the rally getting lined up for the march

sign @ the rally

exercising the right to mock the ridiculousness that has become the 1st amendment right.

This is who was watching us march. Totally awesome, totally necessary [please read sarcasm]

After the march (actually like a couple of hours after the march) this is Mucha talking with the police to find out how we can get back home since downtown St. Paul was blocked off completely. It was virtually impossible to cross over I 94 on foot.

Once we able to go home, we found the arrest area a block away from where we live. Lots of civilians cuffed and lots of riot police standing around

the people who are not police are arrested in this image

and more arrestees

Obviously what I witnessed today is nothing compared to what take place in other countries, none the less it was still a really intense day. I started the day by providing Street Reference via Radical Reference; we were even interviewed by Congressional Quarterly but we ended up witnessing some pretty intense safety measures taken by the St. Paul police department.

End of day one. What will tomorrow bring? No one knows. But I must say that Twitter really kept us informed with what was going on and where not to go if we wanted to be safe. Use Twitter. Don’t know what Twitter is? Look it up at google and get to it.